LUCERNE VALLEY — A Lucerne Valley couple faces charges of failure to provide animal care and willful cruelty to a child after San Bernardino County Animal Control officers took more than 60 animals from their Chickasaw Trail home.

Ronald William Mills, 38, and Venus Marie Mills, 39, were arrested Wednesday evening and arraigned Friday, according to court documents.

Dogs, cats and rabbits were taken from the home, San Bernardino County Sheriff Department spokesman Randy Naquin said.

According to a witness who requested anonymity, the home in the 9000 block of Chickasaw Trail also contained animal feces and dead animals.

Several trucks were used by San Bernardino County Animal Control over a two-day period to remove the animals from the home, he added.

Naquin called the hoarding situation “deplorable conditions for both animals and humans.”

Ronald and Venus Mills lived with their four children ranging in age from 9 to 17 years old. Information from the Sheriff’s Department did not indicate the exact nature of the child cruelty charge.

The children were taken by Child Protective Services, Naquin said.

Following their arrest Wednesday night, Ronald Mills was booked into the High Desert Detention Center in Adelanto while Venus Mills was booked into the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga. Bail initially was set at $100,000 for each but reduced to $25,000 during the arraignment, according to court documents.